Thursday, July 20, 2006

White Chocolate Mud Cake Recipe

As with every other white chocolate mud cake we have tasted, this cake has a fairly subtle white chocolate flavour. We like to make the cake a few days before serving as the flavour and texture of the cake improve with time. Although we store the cake in the fridge, we bring it to room temperature before serving; it is softer and more cake-like at room temperature.

When experimenting with recipes, we found that some of the larger, higher cakes became very brown and dry on the outside before they were properly cooked in the middle. This recipe makes a cake that is about 5cm tall when iced. You could make two of these cakes and sandwich them together with ganache if you would like a finished cake that is quite tall.

The white chocolate ganache contains sour cream to cut some of the sweetness of the white chocolate.

Serves about 16.

We use a 20ml tablespoon and 250ml measuring cup for all of our recipes.

Grease a 20cm square cake pan and line the base and sides of the pan with baking paper.

Place chocolate, butter, milk and sugar in a large saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently. Remove from heat when chocolate and butter have melted, and stir mixture until completely smooth. Allow mixture to cool at room temperature for 15 minutes.

Stir flours together in a large bowl. Add one cup of chocolate mixture to the flour and stir until a smooth paste forms.
Repeat with another cup of the chocolate mixture.
Add remaining chocolate mixture and stir until mixture is smooth. This gradual method of combining the wet and dry ingredients helps prevent lumps.

Pour mixture into prepared pan.
Bake for about 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes. When the cake is ready, a fine-bladed knife inserted into the centre of the cake should come out without any batter attached.

Loosely cover cake with greaseproof paper or a clean tea towel and allow it to cool to room temperature in pan.

The cooled cake can be iced with the white chocolate ganache immediately (see directions below), or stored and then iced on the day of serving.

Store cake in an airtight container in the refrigerator and bring to room temperature before serving. The cake is suitable to freeze iced or uniced.

The following photos were submitted by Brendan, who made these owl and Hello Kitty birthday cakes for his girlfriend.
The following photo was submitted by Beckie, who made this mud cake for her engagement party. A white chocolate mud cake and a chocolate mud cake were sandwiched together with a layer of chocolate ganache. The cake was then iced with white chocolate ganache. White chocolate panels were positioned around the outside, and the top was decorated with pink frangipanis.Chocolate Mud Cake (double the quantities specified in the recipe).
White Chocolate Mud Cake (triple the quantities specified in the above recipe).
Pan Size: 30cm square
Baking time and temperature: Both cakes were covered with baking paper and baked at 150 degrees Celsius (fan-forced) for about 1 hour and 45 minutes.

The following photo was submitted by Neree, who made this cake for her daughter's birthday.
Ingredients: Neree doubled the ingredient quantities in the above recipe, and then adapted the recipe to make it gluten free. The following changes were made:
The plain flour was replaced by the same quantity of Healtheries Simple Baking Mix.
Each cup of self-raising flour was replaced by 1 cup Healtheries Simple Baking Mix plus 1 heaped teaspoon gluten-free baking powder.
About 2 cups whole macadamia nuts were ground in a food processor, and the resulting macadamia meal was added to the cake mixture.

Neree says, "Gluten free flours often result in a drier final product - the nuts help with moisture. Adding some of the dry ingredients to the nuts when processing helps stop them forming a paste."

Pan sizes: 19cm diameter round and 23cm diameter round

Neree cut the middle out of the smaller cake, spread the top of the larger cake with ganache, and then placed the smaller cake on top of the larger cake. The whole cake was then covered with melted white chocolate, which was allowed to set before the mermaid's pool was filled. Cooled, but not set, blueberry jelly (made with about 2/3 of the recommended amount of water) was poured into the cavity. The cake was decorated with seashell chocolates, coloured sugar, fruit jubes, candles and a mermaid doll.

The following photo was submitted by Jolene, who made these cakes for her sister-in-law's wedding. The ivory-coloured fondant icing was attached to the cakes with sugar syrup. The seashell chocolates were fastened with melted white chocolate.
The cutting cake was made from one batch of batter baked in a 6 inch (15.2cm) diameter round pan at 145 degrees Celsius (not fan-forced). One batch of batter was used for every 12 Texas muffin size cupcakes. The cupcakes were baked at 145 degrees Celsius (not fan-forced) for 35 minutes.

The cake didn't come out as I expected. I baked the cake for 1 hour and 25 minutes at 160 C. The taste of it was excellent but the texture was heavy and gluey. I don't know what was the problem as I followed all the instructions. Can anyone help me?

does anyone know if this recipe is the same as one that appeared in a magazine(maybe family circle???). The cadbury dream choc rang a bell with me. Trying urgently to find recipe, made one last year and it was great. The WW white mud cake is SO oily ans I know I had a newer recipe that was good. Any ideas?

I first made thsis recipe last yr and everyone loved it. I made it wen my aunty came from England and she asked if I bought it because she thought it was so good. Made it for my friends and they ate it realli fast.

Ive only made 6 of these cakes since finding the recipe and WOW.

I also like to use sourcream and normal cream to have the sweetness but not having it being to overwhelming :)

You are probably less likely to burn the chocolate if you use a water bath. However, we don't have any problems when we use direct heat. We place the chocolate in a heavy-based saucepan over the lowest possible setting on our electric cooktop. We stir the chocolate occasionally and remove it from the heat as soon as it has melted.

We love this cake. I have made it countless times for family birthdays and keep being asked to make it over again and again. But using a silicone cake tin I find the cake cooks evenly and doesn't go dry on the outside.

One Australian cup holds 250ml. The weight of 1 cup of an ingredient will depend on how dense the ingredient is. Just as a bag full of rocks will not weigh the same as a bag full of feathers, 1 cup of flour does not weigh the same as 1 cup of coconut etc. When we fill a cup with flour, the weight of flour that fits into the cup is about 150g.

Thinking of using this cake for my daughters wedding. How long can this cake be stored before icing and can it be iced with plastic icing successfully? If iced with the plastic icing how long can it sit before the wedding and how should I store it?

Hi I'd love to make this for my wedding cake - can you tell me ingredient proportions for 6, 9 and 12 inch round cakes? Also, can you advise the best way to ice the cakes, preferably chocolate icing? Thanks.

Hi Mich again, I did make the marble cake using half of each of the mud cake recipes. Baked for 1hr 20mins in an 18cm square pan and iced with the chocolate ganache and half of the white chocolate ganache...and it was fantastic. Thank you so much for your site. I am a frequent visitor.

Sorry we didn’t get back to you sooner. Thanks for sharing your idea and the results. We are glad the cake turned out well!

Hi Anonymous,

How tall are your cake pans? If you would like your cakes to be about 5cm tall, then you will need 1/2 the above quantities for a 6 inch diameter pan, and the above quantities for a 9 inch diameter pan. For the 12 inch diameter pan, you will need slightly less than double the above quantities (we would double the above recipe and use a small amount of the batter to make some cupcakes). We aren’t sure what you would like to know regarding the icing of the cakes, so please send us an email with any questions.

Hello, I am going to make this cake for a Birthday. If I make it on Wednesday afternoon will it be okay for Saturday? Am I best to store it in the fridge? Is it okay to ice it the day I make it (I just want to double check).

I am going to make my own wedding cake as dessert for 50 people. I am undecided whether to use this or your other chocolate mud cake recipe. Either way, I want it to be round and 2 tiered. I was just wondering what size pans I need to use, how many batches for each and how long to cook each them for? Also how long in advance should I cook it? (im decorating with plastic icing. Ta

I, Hi enquired about doing the wedding cake for desert for 50 people. I will use the cake pans you suggested (20cm and 28cm round) and go with the white mud cake as I'm using white icing. I only need a day to decorate and will do this the day before. If you could let me know the quantities and baking information that would be fantastic. Thanks heaps.

To make this cake in a 13 inch (33cm) square cake pan, we would multiply the ingredient quantities by 2.75. If you’d prefer to multiply by a whole number, you could multiply the quantities by three, and if you feel there is too much batter for the pan, use a small amount of it to make some cupcakes. Please send us an email if you would like us to calculate the quantities for you.

Unfortunately, we can’t help with the exact baking times as we have only made this mud cake in a 20cm square pan. Because these cakes are for such a special occasion, we recommend that you make some test cakes to determine the correct baking times for your oven and ensure you are happy with the flavour and texture of the cake (if you haven’t used this recipe before).

To make the cakes, you could do any of the following:

1) Use the above quantities for the 20cm diameter pan. For the 28cm diameter pan, multiply the quantities by 1.5. The 20cm diameter cake will probably be slightly taller than the 28cm cake. If you would like both cakes to be the same height, you could trim the taller cake to match the shorter one.

2) Make one batch of batter as above. Reserve a small amount of the batter, and use the remaining batter to make the 20cm diameter cake. For the 28cm pan, multiply the above quantities by 1.5, and add the reserved batter to the pan. Hopefully, both cakes will then be the same height.

3) Multiply the above quantities by 2.5. Divide the batter between the pans so that the batter height is the same in both pans.

If you need help with multiplying the quantities, please send us an email.

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Unfortunately, we don't know of a way to make this cake taste more like white chocolate. Unlike milk chocolate and dark chocolate, white chocolate doesn't contain flavoursome cocoa solids. When making a cake with milk/dark chocolate, cocoa powder can be added to boost the chocolate flavour of the cake. However, adding cocoa powder to a white chocolate mud cake would basically turn it into a milk chocolate mud cake.

Hi Shell,

We find that this cake serves about 20 as a dessert or about 40 if served in small slices after dessert.

I was looking for a white chocolate mud cake recipe at the last minute for my husband's birthday and once again your site came through with the goods. I was amazed at how easy it was to make. I made it on the day of the party and served that night. It went down a treat. I had to make it in a loaf tin (as it was the only one I had) and it was great for easy serving. Topped with raspberries everyone loved it. Also had to use lindt white chocolate (no cadbury white chocolate here). I was concerned it wouldn't melt as good but it worked ok. Thanks for the great recipe!

I'm making a 14 inch square mud cake. What quantity of cake mixture do I need and how long do I need to cook it for? I was planning on making two 14 inch square cakes (one choc mud and one white mud) for a wedding. Will there enough to serve 120 people for dessert? Thanks,Rebecca

Could I throw some macadania nuts into this recipe without sabotaging it?? Also, how do i make the chocolate panels for the outside. I know you simply melt the chocolate and put it on a tray but what is the best way to cut them without breaking the chocolate into little pieces?

I made this cake for mothers day. I made it on thursday night and we had it on sunday afternoon. It was beautiful! I iced it with plastic icing on thursday night when I made and this kept it very moist. I also added a twist. I made some caramel and twirled it into the cake with a spoon just before putting the cake in the oven. This made it into a white chocolate and caramel marble cake. It was AMAZING! I will definitely be making this cake again!

I would like to make a top deck type birthday cake by using the choc mud as the bottom layer and the white choc cake as the top. I noticed the recipe for each uses a different shape/size tin. How do I adjust the white choc recipe to end up with two layers of the same thickness?

I want a not too tall cake and this one fits perfectly.But I'll be baking this in a 20cm round cake pan (that's likebout 7.8 inch). Will the cake batter be just nice for my pan?Also, I would like to bake 2 thin cake with this recipe rather than having to bother to slice the cake in half once it's done (I always create a mess when I do this!). In the end, do you suggest I bake this cake in my round 20cm pan and bake this twice, each with half the batter and also HALF THE TIME?please kindly advise asap. thanks a bunch!

i tried ur recipe but my cake was not dry enough even after baking for 1.50 hrsi want to know that the milk u used is powdered milk or thick liquid milkpls let me know so that i can try the cake one more time

hii'd like to make this cake for my cake decoration course in couple of weeks to learn covering a cake with fondant. do you think it will carry the fondant? and please advice me if i need to do anything different then the original recipe. thanks MINA..

I am making this recipe as cupcakes for my daughter's wedding party. Some of our family are gluten intolerant and as I've never cooked with gluten free flour before I was wondering if anyone would know, either Amanda and Debbie or their loyal readers if using gluten free flour will make a difference to the finished cake?This site is excellent btw!

The amount of batter would be suitable for a 20cm diameter round pan. You could halve the batter and bake two thin cakes. The half-size cakes will probably need to be baked for more than half the original baking time. Unfortunately, we can't recommend a baking time as we have only baked the cake in a 20cm square pan.

Hi there - I'm also wanting to bake the cake for my daughters birthday using Gluten Free (GF)Flour. I haven't tried this cake yet but it looks great. I often use conventional recipes and adapt them to GF by using Healtheries Simple GF Baking Mix (available from most NZ supermarkets - not sure about Oz). In most cases the mixture is runnier than normal (the gluten gives elasticity - GF flour doesn't have this). You can add a Gltuen Substitite like Xanthum or Guar Gum but you need to be very careful as you may end up with a very rubbery result. However, I've found the best method of bulking up is to add about a cup of freshly ground almonds (adds a great flavour and texture too) - you could also use brazil or macadamia nuts with white chocolate. I grind the almonds in a coffee grinder but find that Brazils and Macadamias contain more oil and tend to form a paste so best to use the food processor for these. Would appreciate feedback from anyone who has made this cake GF.

My duaghter is having a Mermaid Sea Party for her birthday so my grand plan is to make two round cakes, cut the middle out of one and sandwich them together with ganache - top with either ganache or melted white chocolate and fill the centre hollow with jelly (to look like water). Add yellow coloured sugar for sand, some icing or lolly shells and a mermaid doll to finish. Hopefully it'll all work out!!

Thanks Neree for your advice on making cakes with GF flour. I think I might stick to the original recipe for this mudcake as I will have other GF desserts, I got a GF cake mix to make the cake for the trifle I am making.

Sorry to be asking what may seem a silly question, but if I wanted to make the cake ultra moist (really muddy wet texture; like alot the shops have) would you add more milk and chocolate or just decrease the cooking time? ^_^ thanks for an kicks in the right direction I luv realy rich gooey or moist foods

Shell said:HELP! I just made this cake as a trial for my sister-in-law's wedding cake..doubled the mixture for a 25cm round tin and cooked on 150 degrees ff for nearly 2 hours....it tasted great - but was not cooked through and was heavy and undercooked (not formed well). What have I done?

hey i was wondering if you can put this into a rectangled cake tin i know this might sound like a silly question mut i keep seeing a round tin and square tin but no rectangle tin...... also what do u put inbetween the cakes to get them to stay together??

Hi, I would love to make this cake in the Wilton Giant Cupcake Tin, which measures 15.5 x 8.25 x 3.75 inches (10 cup capacity). What quantities of the recipe would I need to make & any idea about baking time? Thanks.

Just made this cake with dark chocolate ganache (also from this site), which really went well with the white chocolate! Its very dense, so I think it depends what you like, some people loved it, some not so I made it 4 nights in advance, and was still quite good! With that being said, ill probably just stick to the chocolate mudcake next time..

Hi Girls; Love your site and such fabulous recipes and blogs. This WC Mud Cake sounds divine and so many positive responses. I intend to make it for my daughters wedding and it will be served as the desert Sorry to have to ask the same old question, but I am confused as to the quantity of recipe for size/ shape of tin.I intend to make round 30cm (12")cakes for this purpose.Can you also indicate how many desert size serves we can cut from one cake. (In looking at my tin I thought probably 20.) Thanks Cab

To those who have asked about the ingredient quantities for different pan sizes (Alex, Cab and Anonymous): Under the above recipe, we have added a link to a table that lists the ingredient quantities for various pan sizes.

Anonymous, we aren't sure how many cups of batter the above recipe makes but will determine this next time we make the cake.

Hi anonymous...Whow, a 28" cake, are you sure, or did you mean 28cms? Thought a huge cake like that would have taken a lot longer than 2 hours to bake, and man what a lot of ingredients..The mind boggles. Yeah, we all get a little confused with imperial inches and metric cenermeters. But you had me thinking for awhile. Cab

I'm about to make this glorious cake for a friend's 40th birthday party. I'm always nervous about making something untested for a large group, but the comments have all been so positive. A question about quantities - I'm using a 30cm square pan. According to the PDF file I should use 675 grams white choc etc. But in the comment from Beckie (the lady who made it for her engagement), she tripled the recipe for the same size pan (i.e. 900 grams white choc). Any suggestions?

Hi, i'm thinking of using this recipe for my engagement cake. I need approx 200 people to have a slice, what size tin do you think i will need and should i tripple the recipe?? Also how long before can i make it, and ice it?? Thank you

I made this cake using a 30cm pan and used the quantities from your PDF file (thank you - a great idea). I ran out of time and made the cake the night before the party. It was good, but not fabulous ... but two days later, eating the left overs and OH MY GOD!!! Totally delicious. Definitely make the cake a couple of days before eating. Ganache turned out yellow which was a bit of a surprise, but again, yummo.

I'd just like to let you all know that i made this mix into cupcakes last week for a friends birthday. One mix yielded 24 cupcakes - i use an ice-cream scoop to make sure that all the cupcakes were the same size. They took between 20-24 mins in the oven at the same temp listed, and were really delicious an moist! Thanks for the fabulous recipe ladies :)

Made it for a friend who adores white chocolate so this was a hit! everyone else at the birthday celeb enjoyed it too... tremendously dense.. yumz.. decorated the cake with toffee-flowers, leaves & butterflies.. would post a pic if i knew how to ;p thanks for recipe!! love ur photography too =)

Hey there, brilliant recipe. I have just made it using the dark and white chocolate into a marble mixture, but as a jaffa cake. I placed 2 teaspoons of gran marnier and orange essence into the dark cake, as well as an extra tablespoon of cocoa and zest of half an orange, and in the white mud cake placed three teaspoons of granmarnier, 3 teaspoons of orange essence and zest of one half orange. The result is absolutely magnificant flavour, pulled it out of the oven an hour ago.

Food dye could be used to colour the ganache. The consistency of the ganache may be noticeably altered if a large amount of food dye is used. The ganache can be piped if allowed to thicken to a suitable consistency before using.

Hi Cindy

We don't think there would be any problem with baking the batter in Pyrex bowls. Apart from adjusting the baking time, you shouldn't need to make any changes to the recipe.

Hi there,Thanks for the great recipes. I am experimenting - I am making my friend's engagement cake for 60 people with a 10"/8"/6" (choc mud base, top undecided). Yesterday I made the white choc 8" and put in fridge. Today I got it out to ice it and it's flat as a pancake and rock solid. The choc mud cake is perfect, so I don't know what I did wrong. Any tips? I need to perfect the recipe by the end of the month! I used the amounts in the pdf and cooked it for 1hour 15mins at 145deg fan-forced. Thank you,Nikki

Hi. I am a frequent visitor to this site and I love the gorgeous recipes and fantastic helps. Tho I like to print selected recipes from this site, I have noticed one thing changing which isn't the best anymore. Before I was able to cut and paste information from here. And the bonus of being able to do so earlier was that I could 'pick and choose' from the comments added to the recipe I was printing. Some of the comments on recipes are very useful. And now I cannot do that anymore and am forced to print 'ALL' pictures with the recipe or ZILCH pictures and only recipe. I hope there may be a change back to the old 'cut n paste' function soon which allows for more flexibility(?).Cammy

This cake looks amazing!!...just a couple q's...i have a square tin that measures 18cm on the base ans 20 cm at the top is this a 20cm tin? and do i place this cake in the middle shelf to cook or closer to the bottom?? sorry for the silly q's...love all ur recipes :)

I made this cake for my son's Christening and it was the best cake I have ever made! I did 1.5 times the recipe and made it in a larger round tin and it cooked to perfection. I made a different ganache with white choc, cream and butter which was also nice. I would definitely recommend this for a sepcial occasion cake.

You could add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients if you prefer.

To the person who asked about the tin size: We have stated the top inside measurement of our pan in the recipe. The pan you have will be fine to use. We recommend positioning the cake such that the centre of the cake is in the centre of the oven.

To the person who asked about the keeping time: We have never stored the cake in the refrigerator for longer than a week.

I will be using this cake for the top-tier of my Cupcake stand. I am using a tin that has a 6inch diameter and is 3 and a half inches tall and I would like the finished product to be this height.How should modify this recipe?

We suggest that you use the ingredient quantities specified in the above recipe (you may have a small amount of excess batter). When you line the cake pan, extend the baking paper at least 5cm above the top of the pan to prevent the batter overflowing in the oven.

The text and photos on this website are copyright protected. Some people don't realise that this means they shouldn't copy and paste the recipes onto other websites. We have therefore made the text unselectable to discourage this practice. We will try to think of solution that would allow you to print the comments.

Hi Amanda and DebbieThanks for the reply. - I am looking forward to any upcoming solutions. Hopefully it will allow a person to select some comments as opposed to having to print them all. Thanks for your inspiring recipes on here. I made this chocolate mudcake as per recipe at work and it was a success - people loved it.Regards,Cammy

I made this cake a week ago and baked it at 160 C for 50 minutes (it was golden brown and no crumbs were attached to the skewer). It didn't really work out as the texture was too dense and not very moist. Do you think this is because of baking it for less time (I would think baking it longer would've dried it out further), or could you suggest another reason why the texture was so dense and dry? I would like to work it out to try it again as the taste was good, but ruined by the texture. Thanks!

Howdy! I'm Joy and i was just wondering if anyone can advise me how to cook this cake. My oven is hotter than most others, non-fanforced and is regrettably prone to burning the tops of things, leaving the bottom uncooked... Any suggestions??

We suggest that you add the macadamia nuts to the bowl with the flour. The baking time may need to be slightly altered (test with a knife or wooden skewer to determine whether the cake is cooked through).

Did you use a square cake pan with a side length of 20cm? If so, it sounds like your oven is hotter than ours. We suggest you reduce the oven temperature so that the required baking time is closer to 1 hour and 15 minutes. The cake should be dense but not dry. Did you find that it became moister over time? Also, did you use scales or cups to measure the ingredients?

Thanks for your reply. I used a 23cm round tin, and measured the ingredients in cups (Australian cups). I stored the cake in an air tight container in the fridge and found it got dryer over time rather than more moist.

The problem could be with my oven - it does tend to cook things quickly, just not usually as quickly as this!

I made this cake the other day and wow, it was so so good! I think my baking pan was a bit smaller so the cake was taller, and i should have left it in the oven for a bit longer because it was not completely cooked through in the middle, but this really did not affect the cake at all. It was delicious! And the icing really complements the cake well! Everyone loved it!

HiAm planning to make the dark chocolate and white chocolate mud cake to ice together for my sons 16th birthday.However, would really appreciate knowing the quantities for a 20cm square tin please. Also the approx baking time.Lara

Have you tried baking cakes on the lowest shelf in your oven? If the cake is not cooked through but the top begins to overbrown, you could cover the cake with aluminium foil or greaseproof paper for the remainder of the baking time.

We have information on using this recipe to make cupcakes here. If you need more help determining the ingredient quantities that you'll need, could you please let us know the capacity or dimensions of the cupcake cases?

To the person who asked about using baking powder: If your baking powder package doesn't have any instructions for making self-raising flour, you could use 100g (2/3 cup) plain flour and 1 1/3 teaspoons baking powder to replace the self-raising flour in this recipe.

To the person who asked about covering this cake with ganache, rolled chocolate, and then fondant: We think it would be fine to do so.

Hi Lara

The above cake is made in a 20cm square pan. If you are looking for ingredient quantities for chocolate mud cakes of various sizes, please see the Ingredient Quantities for Various Pan Sizes link on our chocolate mud cake page.

Hi there, we're making a chocolate mud cake with this recipe's white ganache, for a friend's wedding. only problem is, the ganache didn't turn out white, more like a yellowy cream! does anyone have any suggestions on how we can whiten up our ganache for the real wedding cake?

I baked this yesterday for my 11yos birthday party. I used a 23cm round tin and baked it for about an hour. Perhaps it was slightly underdone in the middle, but not that noticeable- especially by the kids who all loved it! There is a photo here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fifikins/3336575631/

And I decorated it at my daughter's request with raspberry white chocolate bullets!

Hi, i am thinking of using this recipe for my son's second birthday cake. the only thing is that he wants a train cake which i have gotten the recipe from the WW kids cake book. The tins that i will be using are four 8cm 26cm bar pans. Can you please tell me as annoying as my question might be, do i need to alter the recipe and any suggestions if i do or should i just play with quantities and see what happens. Is the ganache ok to colour with food colouring? Thanks, Marianne.

I was looking at the pictures you have provided and this may sound ridiculous but how do you get the baking paper to line the baking dish so well? could you a baking paper lines different baking dishes tutorial?

I am normally the main chef of our household but when my birthday comes around I "allow" my partner to make me a cake.I picked out this recipe for him - it turned out devine! Everyone raved about it. So buttery, moist and delicious.I am going to marble it this week with milk chocolate mud cake. Can't wait for the results.

For four 8cm wide, 26cm long bar pans, we would use the quantities specified for a 30cm square on the White Chocolate Mud Cake Ingredient Quantities for Various Pan Sizes table. Please see our above comment dated 30/10/08 regarding colouring the ganache.

Fantastic site. Made the cake in January for daughters wedding. Infact made I made 4 for the actual weding cake and 9 extras to be served as desert. Not one problem. Everyone loved the cake and I frosted it with butter cream frosting and fresh flowers on top. Thank you so very much. Cab

hi, i've got one small question before i try this cake. I will use a round 18cm springform pan. Do i need to halve / quarter the recipe?? I ask because my household only has two people, & you write that it serves 16!!!

i followed your white choc mudcake recipe and baked a yummy cake today. everyone loved it!!! - smooth in texture, sweetness was just right. not too sweet which was perfect! i served it for my parents' 36th wedding anniversary :)

i used a 24cm round cake tin. the height of the cake was not so high. i was hoping it would reached the same height of the tin. i baked another one. this time, i doubled the amount and the height reached half way the cake tin. i baked for the 3rd time and used just the original amount of ingredients. this time, i'm gonna put this on top of my 2nd baked mudcake so its height is a lot taller :)

Hi Guys, Wow!!!! I have made this recipe several times with great success what I would like to know does the chocolate ganache color okay with food coloring or paste coloring as I would like to make elmo's for my identical twin granddaughters first birthdays

To the person who asked about using an 18cm diameter round pan: For that pan size, we would multiply the ingredient quantities by 3/4. Please see our White Chocolate Mud Cake Ingredient Quantities for Various Pan Sizes table (the link is under the recipe) for more information. If you wish to make a small amount of cake, another idea would be to make a small batch of white chocolate mud cupcakes.

Hi, I am thinking of using this as my wedding cake, I was just wondering how long it can be preserved for or what can i add into the recipe to preserve it so i can feeze it successfully to have on my first wedding anniversary. Also how long before the wedding should i bake it etc.

Hi Amanda and Debbie,Just wanted to let you know how well the cake turned out and what a favourite it has become with friends and family. It is so easy to make and has been made many times. It has been a birthday cake (iced plain) and an easter cake (decorated with small solid eggs on the top and the egg wrappers laid out flat and stuck to the sides of the cake). It was even made for a work morning tea and I spent the rest of the day sending people to your site for the recipe as it was such a hit!Thanks again

Hi I have made this cake before and it is amazing so I am planning to make this for my engagment cake but as I will need more servings I am planning to make a two tier sqaure cake with 30cm (12") and 20cm (8") tiers. Has anyone baked a 30cm square cake using this recipe as to know the baking time would be great? Also does anyone know if it would it effect the baking of the cakes if they were baked together on the top oven rack? Thanks!

I made this cake and choc mud cake recipe as a trial for my daughter's 25th birthday on 27 Dec next. Both cakes are absolutely divine, I put the white cake on top and iced with the choc dream ganache. I'm still thinking about how to decorate the cakes when I make them again. Thank you for the fantastic recipes, roseepetals

Hi,Have used many of your recipes and love your site, thx.I am wondering if I can add coconut to this recipe and, if so, how much you would recommend adding? I have been looking at other wcmc recipes and I notice that many have sour cream in them - is this just to add moisture to it? Could I put some in this recipe to make it heavier?thanks

hi made this in the form of cupcakes before and its absolutely devine.

now i am considering making a 29x19cm rectangular cake and i was wondering how i need to adjust to get the a cake that is 5cm tall? also how much ganache would i need if i was not icing the sides of this cake?

one last question: how much ganache would i need for a 20cm square cake if i was not icing the sides?

Hello - I am planning on using this cake recipe next week for a baby bottle cake. I plan on baking 4 six inch rounds and then torting/filling/stacking them on top of each other before carving (very minimal carving since it will already be very much in the bottle shape). My doweling techniques are very sturdy, but my concern is the weight of this cake? Do you recommend not using it for tall heights?? Thank you in advance!

Hello again - I went ahead and used the cake as is for the bottle cake I described above. It came out perfect and am still getting compliments on it. This will definitely be my go-to recipe for sure!!!

I've just made this cake as a practise run for my birthday and it is delicious! I somehow managed to add only half the butter in the recipe, but it still tastes wonderful. It is less moist - somewhere between a mud cake and a sponge.

Also, to get a chocolati-er taste you could try using a richer chocolate. I've noticed that if you use european style chocolates (such as Whittakers or something from Aldi) you always get a richer flavour in whatever your cooking.

I used the ingredients for the 19cm round cake tin and it took just over one hour to cook.

I made this for the family easter dinner and everyone loved it. the icing was a nice suprise, I'd never think of using sour cream.there was a little left over which I saved for the next day, and the cake tasted even better! it was softer than it was, and still moist and delicious.thanks!

hi, i tried this as cupcakes, taste was good and resembled like normal vanilla butter cake, nothing 'muddy' or special, taste was wonderful though, its was rich and fine crumbs nothing like the picture, lookinf for a more compact, light yet moist texture

Made these as cupcakes. It made about 16. The cake didnt have an overpowering sweet taste to it, the icing taste like white chocolate though, it was a good balance. Everyone loved them, I will be sure to add this to my favourites

This recipe was easy to follow and the result was AMAZING! made it last year for my bf's 21st bday and making it again for his 22nd bday next month. ill be making it every year for him as he loves white chocolate. GREAT recipe! Thanks heaps :D

Made this cake as a trail wedding cake for my husbands birthday and now everyone wants one. As I will need to make about 10 days before the wedding so icing will dry enough to decorate with flowers I did the same with the birthday cake version and kept it in the fridge and it kept fine for this amount of time.

I made this cake for my neices 1st birthday and christening. It was a big party so I used the variation table to make a bigger batch have to say it was fantastic and ALL of the cake got eaten, that's a first. I have tried so many recipes from here and the family love them all thanks girls.

Hi, I love the recipe and made 3 cakes all in one week. The first did not rise as I expected and was a little doughey, I baked 11/2 lots of mix for the 2nd cake, it baked okay but had a very sugary top, the third cake did not rise at all and was very doughey. Mt oven is fan assisted but cooks quite slow, is it worth me splitting the mix between two baking tins, any suggestions.

I made this for my wedding cake (3 tiers) I found it easy to make, I froze it for 2 days so I could ice it close to the day and not have the ganache frozen for too long.

Best served at room temp, as cold it is a little thick and the flavour is less.

I died the ganache icing with proper red die paste and it worked out beautifully.

With 60 guests... we were lucky to save the top tier from being consumed as everyone kept going back for more. A 12.5" square cake slab formed the bottom tier, for that I x3 and it was plenty. I had over 5kgs of white chocolate in the house in the week before my wedding lol.

I now have to keep baking the cake as friends and family keep asking for it. In the 6 months since my wedding i have made this cake another 8 times :D. A must have recipe.

Hi there, tried your recipe today and it was v easy to make. I cooked it for 1hr 20 and it seemed fine when I put my knife in it came out clean. But when I tipped it out of the tin there were 2 places where it appears to be uncooked. it is the texture of cookie dough. Can you help? I am making it for a birthday next Tuesday so need a quick reply. Many thansk

I've made this cake 4 times already this year! For my sons 8th birthday i added broken pieces of violet crumble then coloured portions of the cake. He loved his Rainbow White chocolate violet cruble cake! It must have been very nice, there was none left over for me!

i made it again for my birthday. This time I made a sandwich two tiered cake. The top was chocolate mud cake sandwiched by white mud cake and the bottom was raspberry mud cake and white chocolate mud cake! Delicious!!! Now I'm just looking for an excuse to make another cake!

Hiya,Cooked this with dark brown sugar and got caramel mudcake, really yummy! Cooked in 30cm round pan in a fan-forced oven at 145 degrees for 1 hour and 45 minutes. It looked fantastic initially at about 1 hour and 20 minutes but was cooked for too long and went crusty. It went down too and I could not use it but it was my test cake and I will redo it at a lower temp and for less time. I'll keep you posted! Note: it is in the freezer and will be slowly devoured!

Hi I wanted to make this cake for my son's chistening. I am using a 9" square tin. I want to add some finely grated orange peel and some juice to the cake mix to give it a subtle citrus flavour. I will be using an orange conserve to attach White Chocolate fondant. His christening is on a Saturday and I was thinking of baking the cake on the Thursday morning and icing it in the afternoon. Can you please comment on quantities and whether baking this far in advance is ok considering I won't be able to refrigerate it. It will be 30-33C from Thurs to Sat.

I have just made this cake, using Orgran Plain and SR flours (gluten free) and it is DIVINE. This is the first white chocolate cake I have ever tasted that tastes like white chocolate. I am going to ice it for my daughter's 7th birthday. It is just light enough and just moist enough. Simone

Hi, my birthday is coming up and I have my heart set on making a white chocolate and raspberry mud cake. I've had a look on the internet and can't seem to find any suitable recipes. Do you think it would be as simple as throwing in some raspberries into the mixture before sticking it in the oven?

awesome cake extremely easy to make! my ganache went thick so just reheated slightly ...I put shards of white chocolate on the sides and made a plaque using milk chocolate melted and shaped into a disc and cooled then piped a birthday message in butter icing.....looked amazing!

I have made this cake about a half dozen times now, and just keeps getting better and better! The texture and density of the cake is just perfect and I am yet to find a milk chocolate mud cake with the same consistency. Can I just replace the white chocolate in this recipe with dark or milk chocoalte instead? Will this affect the cake at all? Thank you!

I'm planning to make this for my brother's wedding and i'm wondering how far in advance would I be able to bake this cake? Will I be able freeze it at all? If so, for how long? Also, when I want to ganache the cake, I'm guessing I should let it defrost properly first and then ganache it? How would you tackle this situation? Any tips?